You produce your client’s documents to the other side during discovery. But how confident are you that opposing counsel won’t end up feeding your sensitive documents into ChatGPT or a similar LLM? With AI agents proliferating and integration everywhere, post-production document security has become the potentially problematic. We can control our own shop, but once discovery goes out the door,…
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The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism works to promote civility and inclusion in the legal profession, to ensure the equitable delivery of justice for the people of Illinois.In honor of Black History Month, the Commission on Professionalism is highlighting inspiring leaders of some of the state’s predominantly Black bar associations.
Through their work, these leaders are creating a more…
Continue Reading Bridging the Gap Between Lawyer and Community: How the Black Bar Association of Will County is Advancing Justice

The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium’s (CLOC’s) European chapter yesterday (5 February) drew a senior crowd of in-house legal professionals, focusing on topics such as how to build cohesive, data-driven models to elevate legal operations and, of course, facilitate AI.  
With the programe developed in partnership with RSGI, the content was practical and centred on audience participation, which was widely welcomed. The RSGI team did a great job of facilitating sessions, and new president Oyango Snell brought his characteristic energetic leadership style to a very wet…
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The public continues to place more trust in state courts than in other government institutions, according to a recent public opinion survey by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). At the same time, concerns about equal justice, the use of AI, and judicial security shape public perceptions.
The annual State of the State Courts survey explores public sentiment about…
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As I wrote earlier this week, it was the shot heard ’round the world, as AI company Anthropic, developer of Claude, launched a legal app and seemingly caused legal tech stocks to plummet. Meanwhile, AI agents now have their own social network, Moltbook, while another new site is enabling them to rent humans to do […]
Continue Reading Today’s Legaltech Week: The Claude-pocalypse, AI Agents Gone Wild, and Much More – All Live at 3 ET

Enterprise collaboration plays a central role in how organizations operate, govern information, and build trust across stakeholders. Secure collaboration underpins strategic decision-making, regulatory engagement, financial governance, and cross-functional initiatives across the enterprise.
Sensitive data moves continuously across teams, systems, and external participants. As collaboration environments become more distributed and interconnected, enterprises are placing renewed focus on how trust is established…
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When Anthropic announced legal skills inside its Cowork environment this week, shares of Thomson Reuters, Reed Elsevier, and Wolters Kluwer tanked. Investors appeared to price in a new competitive threat from Claude. But Ken Crutchfield believes the market got it wrong. “I feel the market reaction does not reflect the reality of the situation,” he […]
Continue Reading Guest Post: Ken Crutchfield on 10 Reasons the Market Overreacted to Claude’s Legal Skills Announcement

The Masters Conference, which just two months ago announced new leadership and plans to launch a new division, Masters AI Legal, today announced that it has partnered with Cat Casey, founder of The TechnoCat, a consulting and speaking practice focused on legal AI, and former chief growth officer at Reveal. Casey will anchor Masters AI […]
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Davos, Switzerland: Axios House

With all the pitches one expects to hear amidst the rarefied air of Davos, a business plan from Jason Bourne probably isn’t one of them. Yet, there on stage was Matt Damon, alongside his co-founder Gary White, not to promote a film, but to deconstruct a global crisis with the precision of a systems architect. As…
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As we enter the second month of 2026, one of the recurring themes for Legal IT Insider already is how the corporate world will be taking more legal work in-house this year, leveraging AI. Based on conversations with in-house teams, I’ve been quite bullish about that trajectory this year.
I recently had time to reflect back on conversations that took…
Continue Reading The view of senior in-house leaders on AI: A human-centred strategy